Good Places To Compress Springs

[tom_v]

Hi, im looking at getting my springs compressed in my r33 gts-t. I only want to get the top of the springs compressed not the whole spring.

Before anyone posts up info on compressing and shocks etc... i no it all so please jsut give me and others details of places that you no who do it and do a good job.

Im located in the South Eastern suburbs (Glen Waverley) so any palces this side of town would be great.

Thanks

[Sydneykid]

Hi, im looking at getting my springs compressed in my r33 gts-t. I only want to get the top of the springs compressed not the whole spring.

Before anyone posts up info on compressing and shocks etc... i no it all so please jsut give me and others details of places that you no who do it and do a good job.

Im located in the South Eastern suburbs (Glen Waverley) so any palces this side of town would be great.

Thanks

It's illegal, plus no self respecting springs works will touch it.

Cheers

Gary

[tom_v]

I no that its illegal, but im asking who can do it, not what the law is buddy.

[Sydneykid]

I no that its illegal, but im asking who can do it, not what the law is buddy.

Perhaps you need to read the second half of what I posted;

No self respecting springs works will touch it.

Cheers

Gary

[robbieraver]

lots of places will do it BUT as mentioned no one will do it because it will ruin the spring and and and and.......

why do it.

[Blitz_boy]

is compressing different from resetting. i don't think resetting is illegal.

http://autospeed.com/cms/A_3082/article.html

[Sydneykid]

is compressing different from resetting. i don't think resetting is illegal.

http://autospeed.com/cms/A_3082/article.html

Have you actualy read that article? Lets start with this;

Results

The aftermarket, lowered springs previously installed in our Mitsubishi Verada gave a ride height that was fine in normal driving but sometimes caused the front mud flaps to scrape over steep driveways.

In standard form, the springs had a free length of 315mm at the front and 330mm at the rear.

The existing ride height was 370mm at the front and 360mm at the rear (measured from the centre of the wheel to the lip of the wheel arch).

After resetting, spring free length increased to around 340 and 350mm respectively – an increase of 25 and 20mm. Note that the captive length of the spring (as fitted to the struts) remains unchanged.

With the reset springs installed, ride height is brought up adequately to avoid the front mud flaps scraping in almost all situations. The new ride height is 385mm at the front and 370mm at the rear – an elevation of 15 and 10mm respectively. The car is also less prone to reach its bump-stops due to increased bump travel.

The increased the front spring free height by 25 mm but the Verada only went up 15 mm? Hang on, the Verada has a front suspension movement ratio of 0.9 to 1, so 25 mm at the spring should have been 25 / 0.9 = 28 mm, not 15 mm. Why? The answer is contained here;

The only disadvantage is a degradation of spring integrity

The Verada obviously still weighed the same, so the only reason for less than 28 mm of raising was a reduction in the spring rate as a result of the resetting process. This is a common occurance, loss of spring rate during resetting, just what you don't need when lowering.

BTW, I notice that they don't mention the "legal" word in the article, typical Autospeed.

Also in typical Autospeed form they make errors in facts;

Cold wound springs are sometimes found in small cars with lightweight coils.

Doh almost all Eibach, H&R, Bilstein, Jamex, AMG, M Sport, etc etc springs are cold wound. I would say every single V8Supercar runs on cold wound coils, I guess they are a small car.

Cheers

Gary